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What do you study in your free time, /lit/?
Pic related.
The female Orgasm
>>7759179
i don't live in France
memes
Half way through pic and I think it's fucking dreadful, what aren't I getting? What I'm finding is that his condemnation of vapid, consumerism reminds me more than anything of the kind of "he looked at her, she was on her Iphone which was eating her soul" crap you sometimes see in the crit threads on this very board. The beginning was a lot more engaging, but I'm struggling to think of reasons to finish this book.
* - , (vapid consumerism)
* Halfway
It's poorly written but could just be the translation. The ideas are fairly compelling though.
>>7758893
What you aren't getting is that Houellebecq is an author of mediocre ideas and poor prose.
Submission had one or two interesting thoughts about demographics, The Map and the Territory one or two good thoughts on contemporary alienation, but that is entirely it.
He still manages to be high-tier among contemporary writers, which is sort of distressing.
Classic scifi novelist, or meme author?
>>7758130
schizo genius.
>>7758130
Both because scifi is a meme like all other genre fiction.
>>7758130
>meme author?
Please fuck yourself. That doesn't mean shit.
PDK was damn cool. Not my fav scifi author but if you're into philosophy, the nature of reality, mental illness and drugs, he's your guy.
He has some very underrated novels.
>Eye in the Sky
>The World Jones Made
I enjoyed these a lot and nobody ever mentions or reads them.
Who also really hates americans? What are some good european american-hate books?
caring about nationality/not rating humans individually by their inner characteristics is extremely plebian
you should just re evaluate yourself to be honest family
>>7758143
Cut the PC bullshit
You probably are a dumb American anyway kek
>>7758143
Retarded americunt detected
What are you writing, /lit/?
I've been writing a short story since winter of 2013. It's turned into a novella. They're tricky bastards to reign in.
>>7758060
Same. Though only been working on it a few months.
There are so many ways to write it. I'm unsure which to use. I thought about using all if them and turning it into a novel, but I don't know if I would have enough material for it.
>>7758077
>I thought about using all if them and turning it into a novel, but I don't know if I would have enough material for it.
Yeah, this thought has crossed my mind to.
In writing this short-story, I've grown as a writer, and because of this growth any sort of finished product is delayed by constant rewriting. However, I'm much more pleased with what the story is now that what it originally was when I began.
>papal infallibility
>>7757910
>transubstantiation
>>7757910
>reporting threads
>>7757910
>syntactic glibness
What are some good books with unreliable narrators, inconsistent perceptions of reality etc
I suppose as an extension, about mental illness and paranoia
my diary t b h which i'm converting into a epistolary novel about depression and mental illness in modern youth.
The Odyssey
>>7757650
No Longer Human, but I guess you've read that one.
whats lits opinion on the school of life
https://www.youtube.com/user/schooloflifechannel
>>7757524
ultrapleb
a non-entity, etc
you learn valuable lessons through actual rigourous practice and repetition
you dont learn shit from several minute long pop psychology ADD videos for redditors
I find the videos completely out of focus. It's like they have misinterpreted all of it.
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I've read about 60% of the book, but it hasn't really fascinated me at all. Not to say that it's bad - it's not, but there is something I'm missing and it keeps me from enjoying the work.
What am I missing?
I'm a large fan of Russian literature by the way, and my favorite books is The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov.
>>7757383
it just wasn't complete. in every sense.
>>7757383
Book*, not books. I accidentally typed it wrong.
>>7757394
you might try his short stories, The Portrait is great.
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At around what time in history did reading books become a predominantly feminine hobby?
How do we get men to read more?
Around the time that shitty romance novels became the staple of 'writers'. It all went downhill after Gone With the Wind.
>>7757278
Always.
I'd wager that men watch a lot more films. Perhaps that's related.
ITT : Meme books /lit/ tricked you into reading.
gravity's rainbow
>>7756993
What's tvvb?
Discuss...
>>7756895
y'know i just noticed this book and downloaded it. how'd you find it, what brought the book to your attention?
>>7756895
Nice, cool.
>>7756901
Well,Iam studying baroque literature right now and along with the Pedro Barca's "Life is a dream" I bought this one and finished it...Tho I didnt read it in original language,the rhymes are really beautiful and lyrical(ababcc) and characters arent bad either(watch out for Armida)...À la fin,its an excellent read,even if it has some ridiculous magical elements(Tasso because of that needed to rewrite it,and published the remastered version under the name Jerusalem Conquered)...
Just wondering, is this normal? ordered a new book from amazon but the pages are cut really badly
>>7756846
It's a premium feature, makes it feel older and more textured.
That's called deckle edge. No clue why they do it, it looks kinda neat but it makes it harder to turn the pages
>>7756848
tho it's kinda tryhard
>I am far too intellectual to enjoy genre fiction
I know how you feel. Cool costume man.
the most literary form of genre fiction is detective/crime/mystery fiction
Nigga I bet you use your finger to follow along the words of a menu at McDonald's.
Why did he shoot the Arab? Several times, at that?
why not?
to move the story along
it's a pretty fun thing to do
